CVE-2018-7553
There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the pcxLoadRaster function of in_pcx.cpp in sam2p 0.49.4.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the pcxLoadRaster function of in_pcx.cpp in sam2p 0.49.4. A crafted input will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.45% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- sam2p project/sam2p · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891527Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pts/sam2p/issues/32Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891527Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pts/sam2p/issues/32Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.